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Well, สวัสดี is the long, full version of สวัสดิ์ which is used in the good morning and good evening words. When used as a part of a word, you don't use the full version (well, in this case you don't). Sort of like some English words.

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Well, สวัสดี is the long, full version of สวัสดิ์ which is used in the good morning and good evening words. When used as a part of a word, you don't use the full version (well, in this case you don't). Sort of like some English words.

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'Ratrii sawat' and even more so, 'arun sawat' belong to those words that I only ever hear hear Thais using when they speak with foreigners or when they are excessively polite to each other for comic effect.

Essentially because the culture is different. We are used to being polite and mindful of the people around us in different ways.

'fan dii' and 'nawn lap fan dii na (khrap)' are the ones I use for good night.

In Northern Thai culture, the standard among the locals is just to say 'pai nawn la ner' (I'm off to bed, eh) and the standard reply is 'euuuh' (yeah).

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'Ratrii sawat' and even more so, 'arun sawat' belong to those words that I only ever hear hear Thais using when they speak with foreigners or when they are excessively polite to each other for comic effect.

Essentially because the culture is different. We are used to being polite and mindful of the people around us in different ways.

'fan dii' and 'nawn lap fan dii na (khrap)' are the ones I use for good night.

In Northern Thai culture, the standard among the locals is just to say 'pai nawn la ner' (I'm off to bed, eh) and the standard reply is 'euuuh' (yeah).